There are a few versions of this story which I've heard. No matter what the actual truth, the end result pisses me off. There's no other group I want to see live as desperately as NMA, and thank them in person for being like family to me. The legend is that, during the blood-soaked reign of war criminal and mass murderer Chimpy McFlightsuit, New Model Army were actually barred from the country. That would be consistent with the vaunted 'courage' that pack of weasels were allegedly filled with. They feared a rock group. Sorry to disinter memories of the Bush years. But since my fellow citizens seem to have fallen prey to a collective amnesia about how terrible they truly were, I reckoned I should. Plus it may be directly be connected to my favorite band, as if I needed yet more one reason to hate GWB and his snakepit of accomplices.
OT but I've only now learned of the death of Vincent Bugliosi. A bit belated but RIP, sir. I'm so sorry you never got to put Bush on the stand.